The Food (Pistachios from Iran) (Emergency Control) (England) Regulations 2003
| Year | 2003 |
2003 No. 1956
FOOD, ENGLAND
The Food (Pistachios from Iran) (Emergency Control) (England) Regulations 2003
Made 29th July 2003
Laid before Parliament 30th July 2003
Coming into force 31th July 2003
The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated1for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section, makes the following Regulations:
Title, commencement and application
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Food (Pistachios from Iran) (Emergency Control) (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st July 2003.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 19903and, save where the context otherwise requires and subject to paragraph (2), any expression used in both these Regulations and in the Act has the meaning it bears in the Act;
“the Commission Decision” means Commission Decision 97/830/ECrepealing Commission Decision 97/613/ECand imposing special conditions on the import of pistachios and certain products derived from pistachios originating in or consigned from Iran4as amended by Commission Decision 1998/400/EC5, Commission Decision 2000/238/EC6and Commission Decision 2003/551/EC7;
“Iranian pistachios” means—
(a) pistachios falling within CN code 0802 50 00; and
(b) roasted pistachios falling within CN code 2008 19 13 or code 2008 19 93,
originating in, or consigned from, Iran and any products derived from such pistachios or roasted pistachios;
“Directive 98/53/EC” means Commission Directive 98/53/EClaying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs8as amended by Commission Decision 2002/27/EC9;
“food authority” includes neither the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner and Middle Temple) nor a port health authority;
“free circulation” has the same meaning as in Article 23.2, as read with Article 24, of the Treaty establishing the European Community; and
“port health authority” means—
(a) in relation to the London port health district (within the meaning given to that phrase for the purposes of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 198410by section 7(1) of that Act), the Common Council of the City of London; and
(b) in relation to any port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, a port health authority for that district constituted by order under section 2(4) of that Act.
(2) Any term used in the definition of “Iranian pistachios” in paragraph (1) has the same meaning as in the Commission Decision.
Prohibition on import
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall import into England any Iranian pistachios unless the conditions specified in Article 2.4, 5 and 7 of the Commission Decision are satisfied in relation to those pistachios.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall import into England any Iranian pistachios, except through a point of entry listed in Annex II to the Commission Decision.
(3) Neither paragraph (1) nor paragraph (2) shall be taken to prohibit the import into England from a member State of any Iranian pistachios which are in free circulation in that State.
(4) Any person who knowingly contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
Enforcement
4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), it shall be the duty of each port health authority to execute and enforce these Regulations within its district.
(2) In relation to any place which is not situated in the district of a port health authority, these Regulations shall be executed and enforced by the food authority for the area in which that place is situated.
(3) For the purposes of the exercise of the duty referred to in paragraph (1) or, as the case may be, (2), an authorised officer of the authority concerned shall—
(a)
(a) ensure that the requirements referred to in paragraph (4) are adhered to; and
(b)
(b) have the same powers of entry as are bestowed on an authorised officer of an enforcement authority by section 32 of the Act for purposes connected with the Act or Regulations or Orders made under the Act.
(4) The requirements are those specified in—
(a)
(a) Article 2.4 of the Commission Decision (which is concerned with documentary checks relating to consignments of Iranian pistachios);
(b)
(b) Article 2.5 and 2.6 of that Decision (which is concerned with the sampling and analysis of such consignments), other than the requirement under Article 2.5 to supply the Commission with specified information; and
(c)
(c) Article 2.7 of that Decision (which is concerned with the case where consignments are split).
(5) Each port health authority and food authority shall give such assistance and information to the Secretary of State and the Food Standards Agency as they may reasonably request in connection with the execution and enforcement of these Regulations.
Application of various provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 and sampling and analysis
5.—(1) The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modification that any reference in those provisions to the Act or Part thereof shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations—
(a)
(a) section 20 (offences due to fault of another person);
(b)
(b) section 33(1) (obstruction etc. of officers);
(c)
(c) section 33(2), with the modification that the reference to “any such requirement as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above” shall be deemed to be a reference to any such requirement as is mentioned in section 33(1)(b) as applied by sub-paragraph (b);
(d)
(d) section 35(1) (punishment of offences), in so far as it relates to offences under section 33(1) as applied by sub-paragraph (b);
(e)
(e) section 35(2) and (3), in so far as it relates to offences under section 33(2) as applied by sub-paragraph (c);
(f)
(f) section 36 (offences by bodies corporate); and
(g)
(g) section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).
(2) Section 29 of the Act (procurement of samples) shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modifications that—
(a)
(a) for the words “an enforcement authority” there shall be substituted the words “a food authority or as the case may be a port health authority”;
(b)
(b) for subsection (b)(ii) there shall be substituted the following provision—
“(ii)
“(ii) is found by him at any premises which he is authorised to enter by virtue of regulation...
To continue reading
Request your trial